Petanu Surname
6,063,924th
Most Common
surname in the World
Approximately 10 people bear this surname
Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea
Petanu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 10 | 1:815,372 | 88,623 |
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peteanu | 92 | 58 | / |
| Petangu | 92 | 4 | / |
| Petanus | 92 | 2 | / |
| Pettanu | 92 | 1 | / |
| Pesteanu | 86 | 25 | / |
| Peșteanu | 86 | 4 | / |
| Petangou | 86 | 1 | / |
| Petagnou | 86 | 1 | / |
| Patanu | 83 | 208 | / |
| Pitanu | 83 | 14 | / |
| Petenu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Petonu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Potanu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Pethainou | 80 | 31 | / |
| Phetthanu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Petangnou | 80 | 1 | / |
| Pathanu | 77 | 1,962 | / |
| Pateanu | 77 | 61 | / |
| Petuinu | 77 | 36 | / |
| Pattanu | 77 | 20 | / |
| Pitainu | 77 | 17 | / |
| Petenau | 77 | 1 | / |
| Pithanu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Phatanu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Patanau | 77 | 0 | / |
| Pathanau | 71 | 716 | / |
| Pitangou | 71 | 32 | / |
| Peteinou | 71 | 30 | / |
| Pathanuh | 71 | 23 | / |
| Piedtenu | 71 | 16 | / |
| Poșteanu | 71 | 8 | / |
| Pătășanu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Phathanu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pataanuu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pittanau | 71 | 0 | / |
| Pathanahu | 67 | 40 | / |
| Potenu | 67 | 9 | / |
| Patenu | 67 | 5 | / |
| Potonu | 67 | 3 | / |
| Patonu | 67 | 2 | / |
| Phetthanoo | 63 | 1 | / |
| Phidthanou | 63 | 1 | / |
| Pitanoe | 62 | 95 | / |
| Pathonu | 62 | 70 | / |
| Patenou | 62 | 3 | / |
| Potonou | 62 | 2 | / |
| Patenau | 62 | 1 | / |
| Pattenu | 62 | 1 | / |
| Paatoonu | 57 | 1 | / |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Petanu
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